Software Engineer

Boardroom Appointments; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,250,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join a team focused on highly resilient, low-latency gaming platforms. You will work with Product Managers to design, build, deliver and operate gaming products at scale.

The ideal candidate has deep C#/.NET 7+ experience, cloud (Azure) proficiency, and a passion for mentoring and clean architecture. You will contribute to architecture, tests, and deployment pipelines while ensuring excellent customer experience.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in C#/.NET 7+ and SQL on cloud platforms.
• Experience delivering automated tests and scalable microservices.
• Strong background in CI/CD, observability, and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and run highly resilient, low-latency gaming platforms.
• Collaborate with product managers to design, deliver and operate products.
• Take a pivotal role in elevating company gaming products to the next level.

Skills

C#/.NET

SQL Azure

Automated tests

Containerization

Messaging Kafka

Design patterns

Architecture best practices

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Azure

AKS/Kubernetes

Terraform

Kafka

MongoDB

ElasticSearch

CosmosDB

Job description

• In-depth knowledge of C# (.Net 7 preferably).
• In-depth knowledge of SQL (Azure Managed).
• Experience writing your own automated tests (Unit Tests or Integration).
• Experience working with containerization technologies (AKS/Kubernetes preferred).
• Practical experience working with messaging technologies (preferably Kafka)
• Good understanding of design patterns.
• Good understanding of architectural best practice (CI/CD, APM, SRE).
• Experience mentoring other engineers.
• A passion for detail and problem solving, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ideal experience:

• Cloud-based technologies (preferably Azure).
• Working with NoSQL Technologies (Preferably MongoDB, ElasticSearch or CosmosDB).
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform).

Responsibilities:

• As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be joining a team focused on ensuring that the gaming products are highly resilient, extremely low latency and scalable to massive volume, all while providing a first-class customer experience.
• You and your team will work hand-in-glove with the Product Managers to design, build, deliver and run the gaming platforms and products.
• You will have the opportunity to play a crucial role in taking the company's products to the next level!